Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants: Practical Considerations for Emergency Medicine Physicians

Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation- (NVAF-) related stroke and venous thromboembolism (VTE) are cardiovascular diseases associated with significant morbidity and economic burden. The historical standard treatment of VTE has been the administration of parenteral heparinoid until oral warfarin therapy at...

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Main Authors: W. Frank Peacock, Zubaid Rafique, Adam J. Singer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Emergency Medicine International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1781684